In addition to the convenient arrival, there is a 50% discount on your entrance ticket on presentation of the ticket!

From Vienna, St. Pölten, Krems and Zwettl you reach the BEAR SANCTUARY Arbesbach Monday to Friday, when working day with train and bus at the following times:

From Vienna Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof by train REX2806 at 7:05 am or from St. Pölten Hbf by train R6215 at 7:05 am to Krems. From Krems take the WA1 bus at 8:20 to Zwettl Kampparkplatz and from there take the WA33 bus at 9:15 am to the BEAR SANCTUARY Arbesbach (arrival at 9:59 am).

Returns are available at 13:26 and at 18:05. You can download all travel times in detail as well as further information on the public arrival and departure as a PDF file here:

From Gmünd, Schrems, Waidhofen / Thaya, Vitis as well as from Göpfritz and Allentsteig you can reach the BEAR SANCTUARY Arbesbach on public transport from Monday to Friday. You can download the exact driving times as a PDF file here:

From Linz you can reach the BEAR SANCTUARY Arbesbach daily by bus 348 at 1:58 pm from the stop Linz Chemiepark (arrival at the BEAR SANCTUARY at 15:07).The return takes place on all days at 7.29 pm. The detailed timetables in detail as well as further information on the public arrival and departure can be downloaded here as a PDF file:

OUR BEARS

Seven bears live in the BEAR SANCTUARY Arbesbach. Most have a sad prehistory.

THANK YOU TO HELP US

To offer our bears freedom and a home!

IN GOOD HANDS

FOUR PAWS has received the donation seal again this year. FOUR PAWS is the only Austrian animal protection organization since its introduction in 2001.

SPONSOREN & FÖRDERER

We would like to thank our sponsors for their support!

Firma KastnerThank you to the company Kastner for the support of a part of the bear feed.You can find more information on Austria's Multi wholesale trader no. 1 at www.kastner.atFamily KastnerFam. Kastner from St.Pölten supplied the bears since 2001 with nuts. Since there are no walnut trees at Arbesbach, we have to take these valuable treats, which the bears need for the winter season, from outside. Over the years so many hundreds of kilograms of nuts were transported to Arbesbach. Thank you very much!Familie BuchmayerIn the veterinary practice of Mathilde Buchmayer from Ernstbrunn donations are collected for our bears. On August 23, 2015, Fam. Buchmayer personally brought 2 big bags of carrots, a big bucket honey and a donation money of more than EUR 300, - to the BEAR SANCTUARY! Many many thanks!Family GlatzenbergerThe 7 bears were generously provided with grapes and nuts by the nice Fam. Glatzenberger from Dürnstein.We would like to thank the generous bear friends of the dog "Amigo" for their support !!!Grapes are next to nuts the most popular food just before the winter.r ihre Unterstützung!!!Party in favor of our bearsThanks to Mrs. Raphaela Ch. Müller for the generous money donation in August 2010. At her graduation party, she waived gifts. For this there was a donation box, which the guests with 700 EUR fed. Now the bears are already eagerly discussing on how to invest their money: shares in renewable energy sources, honey to the dismay Thanks!anke!Teichwirtschaft Fürstenberg...as the fish so the landscape - Waldviertler Karpfen; The Teichwirtschaft Fürstenberg provides the BEAR SANCTUARY with free carp remains, which are a good food supplement for our bears.Every Friday fish sales from 09:00 - 11:00 in the Zwettlerstraße, 3970 Weitra, Tel .: 02856/3158Fam. MairingerThe Mairingers are loyal bear forest supporters with a large quantity of nuts. All nuts come from "wild" walnut trees. Speak of those who do not belong to anyone and stand on embankments, railway stations ... and are not "gathered". In many weeks of small work, a large amount was collected with the help of family dog Nikitaür die Bären. DANKE! Myriam & SusiOur Mistelbacher friends Myriam and Susi have already passed a huge load of apples, carrots and treats for the bears (and cakes for the staff :-))! Many many thanks! You have been loyal supporters for many years!ren treue Unterstützer !!

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